Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How many leaders actually win at Gloucester Park? One mate of mine says 80%. Another says 70%. We didn’t think it was that high, so to see if we could settle the debate we thought we would take a look at the December results and see what we could find out. It’s not very scientific, […]
Do you remember the story we wrote about the rumoured return of the fence jumpers last week, and how we put forward the proposition that to eradicate any doubt about whether horses well in the market who perform like mules were got at, any horse who is given a big chance in the betting then […]
To save the WA Stewards all the time, trouble and expense of holding inquiries into racing incidents on Friday night,, we thought that we would simply save the mysteries for them. Call it an early Xmas present, or just being plain bored. General – An inquiry was opened and adjourned to a time and to […]
Harness Racing South Australia has just $122 657 in the bank. That is less than the total of the organisation’s monthly prize money commitments, without adding on wages and bills due to be paid. The organisation is existing hand to mouth, and is totally reliant on the monthly checks that Tabcorp pays it as its […]
This is an extract from Acting Chief Steward Graham Loch’s address to the people of the trots as published in Harness Racing South Australia’s 2020/21 Annual Report. It is a bald faced lie. There was indeed a harness racing driver who tested positive to an illicit substance at an SA harness race meeting in the […]
Have you ever seen a more blatant hook job in your life than Samantha Pascoe’s pull up on Stylish Heaven in the last race at Globe Derby on New Year’s Eve? I mean come on, this is just so blatant that it’s outrageous. Have a look at it. Pascoe is on the horse that sweeps […]
Shane Loone – the SA trot trainer who is facing charges over a ring-in, but is somehow still allowed to train and race – took the old pacer Bein Hoa out onto the Globe Derby track to race on Friday night with a big swelling on its neck. The obvious reason for such a glaringly […]
Who is Pooba Govender? Where did he come from? Why did he suddenly emerge out of nowhere as one of the biggest owners in harness racing? How did he get the spare cash to buy over 50 horses? Did he pay for them all, or pay what he owed for them to other parties, including […]
Alan Gaskell was and is a media personality, and for many years read the news on ABC and SBS. He was damn good at it too, and equally as good in print and on radio. I suspect he might be a bit of a mock when it comes to the trots though. Funky Monkey had […]
Ray and Janelle Cross – as in love as the very first day they met, or more. How long ago was that? Whos Countn? Ray Cross was old when I was a kid. He still is. 82 years of age Ray is. I remember him racing my Mum and Dad and Uncle John’s horses at […]
